Pick up the phone!
Are you screening your calls?
Head over to Barret's as soon as you get this, okay?
Our planet's full of mako energy.
And people here use it on a day-to-day basis.
Mako is the planet's lifeblood, man.
But those suits at Shinra keep sucking the blood out...
...with the scrap heaps they got.
Excuse me...
Cloud, please. Help us out.
The planet is sick. Slowly but surely, it's dying.
Someone has to do something.
Try to remember, Cloud. It was seven years ago.
Hey, let's make a promise.
How's this? If you get really famous and I'm ever in a bind...
...Cloud, you come save me, okay?
Long time no see? Ah, I know what you are.
You're that ex-SOLDIER who struck in with Avalanche, was it?
Your eyes have the telltale mako gleam...
Are you okay?
Shut up! Shinra dog!
Reno! Want him taken out?
I'm thinking it over.
Hey, Cloud. You're not... Are you a SOLDIER?
I used to be. How did you know?
Your eyes. That strange gleam...
What rank were you?
You know, in SOLDIER.
First class.
No kidding. The same rank.
Same as who?
The first boy I ever liked.
Zack...
You know him?
No, why would I?
What are you gonna do with Aerith?
Who knows?
The Turks' orders are to capture the last surviving Ancient. That's all.
Aerith!
What does Shinra want with her?
Aerith is an Ancient. And apparently the only one left.
Jenova...
Jenova... Sephiroth's... So this is where they brought it.
If you'd be so kind as to press "up."
The Turks? A trap...
Where's Aerith?!
In a safe place.
I wouldn't dream of harming something as precious as the last Ancient.
You've never heard of them?
They called themselves the Cetra, and lived thousands of years ago.
Now they're just a forgotten page in history.
The Cetra, or the Ancients, if you prefer...
...will show us the way to the Promised Land.
I expect great things from her.
Cetran children The planet's from birth
Speak with the planet And unlock its worth
Cetran children The Promised Land waits
With bliss never-ending Beyond secret gates
The Shinra suits think the Promised Land is dripping with mako.
Which means that once the Shinra get there...
...they're going to drain the place of all the mako.
The Jenova specimen...
It must have moved on to the upper floors using this specimen elevator.
He's dead. The Shinra Company's kingfish is dead.
This sword...
It belongs to Sephiroth!
Well, I am Rufus, president of the Shinra Company.
Your old man just died and you're already president?
Sephiroth is alive.
I have to pay him back for what he did.
And that means saving the planet?
Seems that way.
Hello?
What do you know, he picked up!
Yuffie was crabbing about you not answering.
Yeah, I've been busy.
That's nice.
I'm supposed to tell you to head over to Barret's place.
I'm booked today.
Look, just show up! I don't want any part of all this!
It was five years ago...
This is a system for condensing and cooling mako energy.
At least, it's supposed to be.
Now, what happens to mako when it's further condensed?
Wait, I know this...
Oh yeah! It becomes materia.
Ordinarily, yes.
But Hojo put something else in here. Look.
Wh... What is this?!
Standard members of SOLDIER, like you...
...are humans who have been exposed to mako.
You may be different from civilians, but you're still human.
But what's with these guys?
They've been exposed to extreme levels of mako...
...nothing like what was done to you.
So they're monsters?
N... No...
Not me too...
An organism was recovered in suspended animation...
...from a 2000-year-old geological stratum.
Professor Gast named that organism Jenova.
My mother's name is Jenova.
The Jenova Project... You call that a coincidence?
Sephiroth...
Sephiroth did this to you!
With your superior abilities, knowledge and magic...
...you were destined to rule this planet, Mother.
She was assistant to Professor Gast, the Jenova Project's overseer.
The beautiful Lucrecia.
The woman who gave birth to Sephiroth.
By the way, aren't you going to take part in the Reunion?
Jenova always reunites.
She will reunite to become a Calamity from the Skies.
When the planet is wounded...
...it gathers spirit energy to the wound in order to mend it.
The amount of energy is determined by the gravity of the wound.
Now, what would happen if the planet suffered an injury...
...great enough to destroy it?
How much energy would gather then?
By merging with all of the planet's energy...
...I will become a new life form, a new existence.
The ultimate destructive magic, Meteor.
It calls out to planetoids drifting through the cosmos.
So that's the Black Materia.
As long as we have this, Sephiroth won't be able to use Meteor.
It's only a matter of time before Sephiroth uses Meteor.
So I'm going to stop him.
As the last Cetra, I'm the only one who can.
Aerith is slipping away.
She won't talk, won't laugh, won't cry, won't get mad anymore...
Heh, heh, heh. Stop acting as if you were sad.
Why, Cloud? Because you...
Something fell from the sky and crashed here.
Even I know what this is.
The planet gathered energy here so it could fix itself up, right?
Sephiroth plans to take that precious energy in order to use Meteor.
This is what actually happened five years ago.
But...
...I bet the one who walks out of that Shinra mansion isn't me.
Five years ago, in Nibelheim. I wasn't there.
That's what you're getting at, right?
I see you finally understand.
All that worrying for nothing. Because I'm...
Because you are a puppet.
He's one of the Sephiroth clones I made five years ago...
...right after Sephiroth died.
Jenova cells and mako...
...along with my knowledge, technical wizardry and genius...
...gave birth to these Sephiroth copies, these living wonders of science.
I take no pleasure in knowing he's a failure...
...but at least the Jenova Reunion Theory has been proven.
Even if Jenova's body is dismembered...
...the pieces always gather in one place and regenerate.
We call this Jenova's "Reunion."
Sephiroth? Sephiroth?
I'm here. I brought you the Black Materia.
Cloud, no! Stop! Please!
I have a message from Yuffie: Get over to Barret's.
I'm on my way now.
And give Yuffie this message from me:
This is my phone. She has no right to call it.
I'll let her know.
That's right! It was Zack who came to Nibelheim with Sephiroth!
Then where were you, Cloud?
I saw everything...
Who are you?
Mom, Tifa, my home... Give them back.
I had so much respect for you. I wanted to be you.
That's right.
You came for me. You kept your promise.
You came when I needed you most!
I'm no ex-SOLDIER.
Those stories from five years ago, being in SOLDIER...
...they're all fantasies I made up in my head.
After all the bragging I did at home, I never made it to SOLDIER.
I was ashamed of that...
...so I took the stories my best friend Zack told me...
...and mixed them up with things I'd really seen.
Everything about me became make-believe.
Hey, what are you gonna do when we get to Midgar?
We're friends, right?
Who was it you saw at the Northern Cave?
I can't even begin to guess.
She is the one who harmed the planet.
A Calamity from the Skies! That was our name for her.
The one you mistook for a Cetra. The one you named Jenova.
That is the very calamity of which I speak.
The planet became aware of the need to destroy that Calamity from the Skies.
You see, so long as Jenova existed...
...the planet would not be able to use its power and heal its wounds.
Now, then, Reeve. It's your job to adjust the mako reactor's output.
Ha, ha, ha! A bold stroke as usual, sir!
If we destroy Sephiroth, there goes Meteor with him.
Always looking ahead, that you are.
It went right through the Weapon.
Of course! They're aiming at Sephiroth! To the crater in the far north!
Sephiroth is your son?!
Heh, heh, heh...
I offered the woman carrying my child to Gast and his Jenova Project.
Hee, hee. And while Sephiroth was still in his mother's womb...
...I infused him with Jenova cells.
Vincent, please tell me.
My child, Sephiroth, is he still alive?
The voices of the Ancients swirling through this chamber...
...clamor for one thing alone.
A crisis so great, it stands beyond the reach of human power...
...or the infinite power of time.
They say in times of such crisis, seek the power of Holy.
The ultimate white magic. Magic that can stand against Meteor.
Our last hope of saving the planet.
If the heart of one who seeks it reaches out to the planet...
...Holy will answer that call.
Seek out Holy... How do we do that?
Speak to the planet.
You'll need the White Materia. It connects the planet with its people.
If your wishes reach the planet...
...they say the materia will begin to glow a pale green.
Aerith had the White Materia.
But when she died, it fell from the altar.
Oh, ho, ho!
Look at this!
Aerith's voice got through to the planet.
Just look at the White Materia's glow.
But what about Holy? Why isn't it answering?
Someone's getting in its way.
Him...
He's the only one that could do it.
Light...
This light...
Is this the light of Holy?
Holy... The Holy is there...
It's not over yet. This isn't over!
Aerith's wishes... Our wishes...
We came here so we could share them with you.
Now, planet! Give us your answer!
And you, Sephiroth! Now you answer for everything!
I've been waiting! I've got some work for you.
Deliver this to Marlene, and this one to Denzel.
And this one here, it's for you from Yuffie.
What's inside?
She didn't say.
You'll just have to open it and... Whoa, what's the hurry?
What the hell? It's a "Closed for Business" sign.
I think I understand now.
What?
The planet's answer... The Promised Land...
I think I can find her there.
Yeah, let's go see her.
Hey!
Thank goodness! They're all safe!
Looks like they're okay too.
But what do we do now?
Holy is already stirring.
We don't want to be here.
Oh, Lady Luck...
...can't you do me one last favor?
The flower girl?
Wait a damn minute. What's gonna happen to Midgar?
We gotta do something!
I had everybody take shelter in the slums...
...but it's not looking too good.
Then Holy is too late.
Meteor is already too close.
After all this, now Holy's doing more harm than good.
Forget Midgar. This may be the end of the planet.
Over there!
What the hell?
The Lifestream.
It's coming.
Yeah, it's me.
All I've got left are the Midgar deliveries.
Why, did a client come in?
Tell them no. I'm taking tomorrow off.
No reason.
Hey, Tifa. Can you close the bar tomorrow?
That was easy.
Okay. Tell Denzel and Marlene.
I'll see you later.